Dave Burrell

Ten Free Jazz Albums to Hear Before You Die

Free jazz is challenging, violent, political, spiritual, joyous, peaceful, and a million other things. It's about shattering forms in order to find a new world of sound somewhere further outside. And once this new world is found, it's time to go looking for a newer one. When, as a college student, ... More >>

Enough Is Enough

At two prominent jazz festivals, bright moments and cloudy forecasts

'Voice' Jazz Poll Critics' Ballots

First Annual Jazz Poll Winners

From Ornette Coleman to Esperanza Spalding, it's the music you need to hear

Jazz Summer 2005

Free Again

The revolution of 1969 never came, but the 'Free America' series has now been reissued

Spanish and Other Tinges

In spite of some silent heroes, it was a better year for recorded jazz than for the planet

The Caribbean Tinge

Thoughtful, passionate jazz musicians feel around a big world, and an old one as well

Unsentimental Journey

Actress and Singer-Songwriter Abbey Lincoln Reinvents Herself Yet Again

Same Ol’ Blues

Jazz Mainstreams Into Fall

Bridge Across the Cliff